The Dutch delegation recently visited Raven’s engineering plant and Benicia fabrication facility in California to learn more about waste-to-hydrogen technology and its European expansion plans.
Raven aims to deepen its relationships with the New Energy Coalition and other European parties, sharing dialogue on renewable hydrogen technology and market developments.
Raven is actively pursuing plans in Europe’s hydrogen valleys, following its announcement last year of the opening of its Raven SR Iberia subsidiary in Zaragoza, Spain and its waste-to-hydrogen project in Aragón, Spain.
The US-based company was awarded a €1.7m ($1.75m) grant from the European Commission for the development of the €35m production facility. It will produce 1,600MT per year or renewable hydrogen from approximately 75 tonnes of organic solid waste per day.
Read more: European Commission support Raven SR with grant for waste-to-hydrogen project in Spain
Matt Murdock, Raven SR CEO, said, “The international exchange of ideas lays the groundwork for bringing renewable hydrogen projects online in Europe and other markets around the world, including the US.
“We are actively engaged in discussions around developing Europe’s hydrogen valleys to include waste-to-hydrogen production facilities.”
Patrick Cnubben, Director of strategy-hydrogen, New Energy Coalition, added, “The Raven SR technology offers a new route to produce green hydrogen.
“This technology is very promising in opening up a new range of resources from waste streams to generate renewable hydrogen. The upward potential is huge.”
The European Green Deal aims for at least 55% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030 and a climate neutral economy by 2050. Hydrogen valleys can accelerate the contribution of clean hydrogen in reaching these targets.
The European Commission unveiled its Green Deal Industrial plan earlier this month, which has intentions to offer green hydrogen producers a subsidy programme.
Read more: European Commission plans to subsidise green hydrogen production
The Clean Hydrogen Partnership and the S3 European Hydrogen Valleys Platform are jointly organising a workshop on February 28 to March 1, to expedite implementation on hydrogen valleys, featuring participation from Raven SR and the New Energy Coalition.
The workshop will help the European Commission and the Clean Hydrogen Partnership decide how best to use the €200m Horizon Europe funding allocated to the goal of doubling the number of hydrogen valleys by 2025.
The New Energy Coalition, based in Northern Netherlands, leads Hy2Market, a multi-regional initiative aimed at boosting hydrogen production at an accelerated rate.
Last year, Hy2Market won a €10m grant from the European Commission, which included €2.4m towards Raven’s Aragón project.
The Northern Netherlands is home to HEAVENN project, which received the Hydrogen Valley of the Year Award at the EU Hydrogen Week in Brussels last year.
The €90m project has received €20m in fundings from the EU’s Clean Hydrogen Partnership and a €10m contribution from the Netherlands provinces of Drenthe and Groningen.
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